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Spanish Missions in California

An illustration of Native Americans dancing at the mission in San Jose, California, ca. 1805.

An illustration of Native Americans dancing at the mission in San Jose, California, ca. 1805.

Citation Information: Tilesius von Tilenau, Wilhelm Gottlief and Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff, “[Dance of Indians at Mission in San Jose, New California],” Digital Public Library of America, http://dp.la/item/6cb708a5a4a492520509fc849ff55e2e.

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Courtesy of University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library via California Digital Library.

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An illustration of Spanish missionaries baptizing Native Americans in Alta California, excerpted from San Juan Capistrano Mission.

An illustration of Native Americans dancing at the mission in San Jose, California, ca. 1805.

An 1816 painting, “Danse des Californiens” (Dance of Californians), showing Native Americans dancing at Mission San Francisco de Asis.

A painting of Mission Carmel by Oriana Day, 1834.

A photograph of a group of Native Americans and teachers at Mission San Diego, ca. 1880.

A photograph of wooden crosses in the cemetery at Mission Asistencia de San Antonio de Pala, Pala, CA, ca. 1898.

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